God Ganesha, Remover of Obstacles - 9th/10th century

“This chubby, boyish image of Ganesha seated with the soles of his feet pressed together developed in Indonesia, where he is particularly popular. Originating in India, he gained special importance across Southeast Asia and even in China and Japan. A protector against evil spirits, Ganesha has been enshrined in temples dedicated solely to him or placed independently in sacred or dangerous locations. This image is carved fully in the round and features a monster mask behind his head and shoulders.” - Description provided with this piece in the Art Institute of Chicago

This scan was made with Polycam, a link to the original scan can be found here - https://poly.cam/capture/53f176d2-83a4-4f28-88b6-5246f910d52c

This model was made with their photogrammetry process (not the LiDar), and was made by taking video of this piece from multiple angles. From there, about 220 frames were extracted from the video and fed into their online processing. After that process completed, I downloaded and then cleaned up the resulting mesh with blender and meshmixer.

I've provided 3 versions of it - A print ready model that is water-tight, a cleaned mesh that is not, and the raw mesh straight out of PolyCam.

Museum page about the original can be found here - https://www.artic.edu/artworks/146556/god-ganesha-remover-of-obstacles